Category: solemnity

  • Et Cetera, Et Cetera

    The Readings for the Solemnity of All the Saints Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14 1 John 3:1-3 Matthew 5:1-12 Vidi turbam magnam, quam dinumerare nemo poterat, ex omnibus gentibus, et tribubus, et populis, et linguis : stantes ante thronum, et in conspectu Agni, amicti stolis albis, et palmae in manibus eorum :I had a vision of a…

  • The True Story of Sleeping Beauty

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Apocalypse 11:19A; 12:1-6A, 10AB 1 Corinthians 15:20-27 Luke 1:39-56 Astitit regina a dextris tuis in vestitu deaurato, circumdata varietate. The queen takes her place at your right hand in gold of Ophir. Let me tell you a love story. This…

  • Contemplata Aliis Tradere

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the 8va Day of Christmas, The Solemnity of the Mother of God: Numbers 6:22-27 Galatians 4:4-7 Luke 2:16-21 Maria autem conservabat omnia verba hæc, conferens in corde suo.But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart.How does Luke know this? Because Mary told him…St. Thomas Aquinas wrote that “Vita…